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Quiz: All about the Olympics
1. The first Olympic games were held in Ancient Greece in 776BC, and they were held every four year at Olympia in the honour of a god. Can you name this Greek god?
2. Because of the outbreak of major world wars, the modern Olympic competitions were not held in which years?
3. In 1912, the first electric timing devices and public address system was used at the Olympics. Where were these games held?
4. When the modern Olympics started in 1896, the first place winners were given silver medals, along with crowns of olive branches, because gold was thought to be inferior. The second place finishers received bronze medals. When were gold medals introduced for the first time?
5. In the opening procession of the Olympic Games, the team representing the host nation always marches first or last?
6. In which year was the official Olympic Games flag introduced?
7. When were women first allowed to participate in the Olympic Games?
8. When the Olympic Games were held in Paris, France, in 1900, what were the winners given instead of a medal?
9. When North and South Korea, technically still at war, marched under a single flag at the 27th Olympiad, they were given a jubilant standing ovation. When and where were these Games held?
10. The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlocking rings or different colours, what do these rings represent?
ANSWERS:
1. Zeus
2. 1916, 19140 and 1944
3. In Stockholm
4. 1904
5. Last
6. In 1920, at the Games played in Belgium
7. In Games hosted at Amsterdam in 1928
8. A valuable piece of art
9. In 2000, Sydney
10. The five continents of Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and North America
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